June 12, 1893 

 May 9, 1894 

 May, 1895 

 May 12, 1896 



A GREYER and slightly smaller bird 

 than the red-eyed vireo. I first saw 

 this bird sitting on its nest in a cottonwood 

 tree, warbling sweetly as it sat there (the 

 males sit as well as the females) . In 1 893. 

 The birds do not seem abundant around 

 here. I have observed perhaps half a 

 dozen this summer. 



June 21, 1895. Edith and I saw another 

 nest today, this time in an apple orchard. 

 The bird was plainly visible sitting on it. 

 The nest looked as if it had cotton on the 

 outside. The song of these vireos is a 

 lovely, smooth, flowing warble, meander- 

 ing in rhythm something as the grosbeak's 

 is. It is one of my favorite bird songs. 

 It is soft and dreamy, quite unlike the 

 energetic notes of the red-eye. 



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